Seminar on Strengthening and Deepening Cooperation and Strategic Partnership Between India and Africa

Inaugural address: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President IIC

 

Speakers: H.E. Mr Hatem Tageldin, Ambassador of Egypt; H.E. Ms. Gennet Zewide, Ambassador of Ethiopia;

H.E. Mr Pius Dunaiski, High Commissioner of Namibia; H. E. Mr France Morule, High Commissioner of South Africa;

H.E. Dr Hassan E. El Talib, Ambassador of Sudan; H. E. Mr Tarek Azouz, Ambassador of Tunisia; Shri Navtej Sarna, Secretary (West) MEA; Prof. Rajen G. Harshe, Visiting Professor of International Relations, South Asian University and former Vice-Chancellor, Allahabad University; Prof. Ajay Dubey, Chairperson, Centre for African Studies, JNU & General Secretary, African Studies Association of India; Shri K. P. Fabian, former Ambassador and Permanent Indian Representative to FAO; Shri Vijay Naik, Consulting Editor, Sakal Group of Newspapers and Convener, Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents

 

Moderator: Suhas Borker, Editor, CFTV NEWS and Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

 

Former Indian Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Africa and Scholars of African Studies in Delhi University and JNU will participate

 

Director: Sruti Harihara Subramanian

 

Ashvin Rajagopalan, Director, Piramal Art Foundation will introduce the film

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

Film on the noted artist, Krishen Khanna. A Far Afternoon is an attempt to memorialize the artistic process involved in the creation of the eponymous art work

 

A cultural presentation by Saeed Naqvi

Accompanied by Askari, Dipta, Nazim, Shanney, Tasnim and Turab with commentary in English and Hindustani

 

Marsia, Soz, Salaam in Hindi/Hindustani, Awadhi and Farsi centred on The Tragedy of Karbela

 

The programme includes presentations on spine care, full body assessment for fitness and health; correct pattern of breathing; creative movement therapy; spinal assessment; and spine postural correction (technology from Japan)

 

The programme will be as follows:

16:00 to 17:00 – Open discussion on spine care and geriatric care

17:30 to 18:00 – Creative movement therapy

 

The age group targeted is 35 – 95 years!

 

 

With senior Dhrupad exponent  Pandit  (Prof.) Ritwik Sanyal who will present ragas and  compositions attributed to the Dagarbani tradition 

 

By students of Pramod Kingston – Abhiraj Darbari, Ahana Darbari, Aubhik Mazumdar, Christine Grace Khumukcham, Eric Mervin A., Esha Bharadwaj, Manasvi Gupta, Meher Nandrajog, Nevin Manuel A., Ritu Elizabeth Samuel, Rohan Samuel, Samuel Peter and Wilson Samuel

 

By Baul Shafi Mondol from Bangladesh, who will be sing rare as well as popular folk songs of undivided Bengal especially of the renowned mystic singer of the Indian Subcontinent, Lalon Fakir. Lalon represents and exemplifies the true revolutionary and secular nature of his community known as "Baul", a community of wandering singers whose wisdom and wit do not come from academic training, but from an active contact with a life intensely lived

 

Accompanied by Jagannath Roy on percussion and Rohit Prasanna on flute 

 

Baul Shafi Mondal hails from Kushtia in Bangaldesh, the birth place of this famous mystic poet and singer, Lalon Fakir. He has been performing at national and international platforms since the past thirty years 

 

Introduction by Shri Vijay Bhushan, former Secretary to the Govt. of India and Member, State Wildlife Board of Himachal Pradesh

 

Followed by

An audio-visual presentation by Shri Jairaj Singh, Chairman, The Tiger Haven Society who are recipients of this year’s Award founded by the legendary conservationist, Billy Arjan Singh of Dudhwa National Park fame

 

Chief Guest: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project

Guest of Honour: Dr. Sunita Narain, Director-General, Centre for Science and Environment and former recipient of the Award

 

The Trans-Himalayan Cold Desert Cultural Landscapes of India

Speaker: Dr. K.C. Nauriyal, Shimla Circle, Archaeological Survey of India

Chair: Professor R.C. Agrawal
 

 

Rooted in Buddhism, the culture of the region is strongly affiliated with Tibet but traces of Indian influences make it unique. The difficult terrain and climate of the region have shaped the location and nature of settlements that are nestled in valleys near rivulets. In addition to the difficult living conditions, phenomena such as global warming and Himalayan glacier melting are adding to the challenges being faced by the community and threatening their whole way of life. The region has Outstanding Universal Values both of cultural and natural heritage property as defined by UNESCO for a World Heritage Site. As compared to similar property the world over, this is much larger in scale and demonstrates the confluence of two national cultures – Indian and Tibetan